diff --git a/packages/rocketchat-authorization/server/startup.js b/packages/rocketchat-authorization/server/startup.js
index 82bb3ab1a8eb6..142de2284a1c2 100644
--- a/packages/rocketchat-authorization/server/startup.js
+++ b/packages/rocketchat-authorization/server/startup.js
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ Meteor.startup(function() {
 		{ _id: 'create-p',                      roles : ['admin', 'user', 'bot'] },
 		{ _id: 'create-user',                   roles : ['admin'] },
 		{ _id: 'clean-channel-history',         roles : ['admin'] }, // special permission to bulk delete a channel's mesages
-		{ _id: 'delete-c',                      roles : ['admin'] },
+		{ _id: 'delete-c',                      roles : ['admin', 'owner'] },
 		{ _id: 'delete-d',                      roles : ['admin'] },
 		{ _id: 'delete-message',                roles : ['admin', 'owner', 'moderator'] },
-		{ _id: 'delete-p',                      roles : ['admin'] },
+		{ _id: 'delete-p',                      roles : ['admin', 'owner'] },
 		{ _id: 'delete-user',                   roles : ['admin'] },
 		{ _id: 'edit-message',                  roles : ['admin', 'owner', 'moderator'] },
 		{ _id: 'edit-other-user-active-status', roles : ['admin'] },
diff --git a/server/startup/migrations/v111.js b/server/startup/migrations/v111.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a51a388a97bcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/startup/migrations/v111.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// Migration to give delete channel, delete group permissions to owner
+RocketChat.Migrations.add({
+	version: 111,
+	up() {
+		if (RocketChat.models && RocketChat.models.Permissions) {
+			RocketChat.models.Permissions.update({ _id: 'delete-c' }, { $addToSet: { roles: 'owner' } });
+			RocketChat.models.Permissions.update({ _id: 'delete-p' }, { $addToSet: { roles: 'owner' } });
+		}
+	}
+});